Heres a quick report from the Vmax comp at Sprecks with Slowey, Ado and Craig Mann doing very well against some top competition..........
Sunday's Maui Vmax Speed Meeting was finally blessed with decent winds. The wind was moderate reaching 25mph with gusts to 28mph, and slightly onshore out of the north-east. Although the field of competitors was small the competition was fierce and there was tight racing all day. In the end Peter John edged Alex Augera into second place with a better average speed of 35.9 knots over Alex's 35.7. Alex held onto the best speed of the day with a 36.5 knot run. Matt Daniels sailed consistently edging past Tom Hammerton into 3rd place. In a last ditch effort Tom rigged a 6.6 with 15 minutes left to go in the competition convinced he could find the 0.4 knots he needed to pass Matt. Tom improved his average posting a 33.9 knot run, but it was not enough and he settled for fourth. Chris Adamson posted a nice 34.3 knot run on the way to fith and also claimed top Austrailian bragging rights passing Chris Lockwood on the Speed Ladder for the 7th place ranking. Two ladies joined the fray for the first time this year. Nice to see them out there giving it a go. Well done Kristen and Erin, we hope to see you at the next meeting August 30th.
Maui Vmax 2008 Speed Meeting July 27th
Sailor Info
Name Class Best Speed Average Points
1 Peter John Open 36.2 35.9 35.5 35.9 15
2 Alex Augera Open 36.5 35.3 35.3 35.7 11
3 Matt Daniels Open 34.8 34.6 34.3 34.6 9
4 Tom Hammerton Open 35.3 33.9 33.7 34.3 7
5 Chris Adamson Open 34.3 33.4 33.1 33.6 6
6 Craig Mann Open 30.9 27.9 27.9 28.9 5
1 Erin Iberg Women 20.6 20.2 19.7 20.2 15
2 Kristen Women 16.8 16.3 15.1 16.1 11
Maui Vmax 2008 Speed Meeting Series Points
Name Class Meeting 1 Points Meeting 2 Points Meeting 3 Points Meeting 4 Points Meeting 5 Points Meeting 6 Points Overall Points
1 Peter John Open 11 15 11 37
2 Alex Augera Open 15 11 0 26
4 Tom Hammerton Open 9 7 5 21
3 Chris Lockwood Open 0 0 15 15
9 Chris Adamson Open 0 6 4 10
5 John Smalley Open 0 0 9 9
6 Matt Daniels Open 0 9 0 9
7 Mark Nelson Open 7 0 0 7
8 Jacques Pauvert Open 0 0 7 7
9 Erik Beale Open 0 0 6 6
10 Craig Mann Open 5 5
1 Carl Grundy Wave 11 0 11 22
2 Chris McNeil Wave 15 0 0 15
3 Erik Lawrence Wave 0 0 15 15
4 Tom James Wave 9 0 0 9
1 Erin Iberg Women 0 15 0 15
2 Kristen Women 0 11 0 11
Maui Vmax 2008 Speed Ladder
Name Class Best Speed
1 Tom Hammerton Open 38.8
2 Alex Augera Open 36.8
3 Peter John Open 36.2
4 Eric Beale Open 35.8
5 Ted Hunter Open 35.1
6 Matt Daniels Open 34.8
7 Chris Adamson Open 34.3
8 Chris Lockwood Open 33.4
9 John Smalley Open 33.0
10 Jacques Pauvert Open 32.7
11 Mark Nelson Open 31.6
12 Craig Mann Open 30.9
1 Chris McNeil Wave 31.2
2 Carl Grundy Wave 30.4
3 Erik Lawrence Wave 26.7
4 Tom James Wave 25.9
1 Erin Iberg Women 20.6
2 Kristen Women 16.8
I just posted a couple of aerial views of the "speed course" in the photos section. Anders did 40 knots through there!
Here's another shot of the first mark in one of the slalom heats. Peter Slate leads from Peter John, myself and Slowy.
